British American Tobacco is a eading, global organization with a long, established history and a bright and dynamic future.
POSITION : Legal Counsel, CEMAC
DESCRIPTION
- British American Tobacco has an exciting opportunity for a Legal Counsel to join our team in Nigeria.
- The role will provide legal advice for 10 markets in West Africa with: Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Ghana, Chad, CAR, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia constitute of 6 actives markets and 3 legal entities.
- As a legal adviser in the function, the role will contribute towards planning and shaping the Legal functional strategy and policies to meet the needs of BAT’s West Africa Markets business.
- To drive implementation of functional Legal strategy and initiatives across CEMAC and WAC clusters and ensure proactive and timely delivery of legal services to BAT’s operations within these Clusters.
- In addition the role is responsible to ensure provision of effective company secretarial services to BAT Ghana, BAT Cameroon and BAT Gabon with emphasis on compliance to corporate governance principles.
- The role will assess legal challenges that go along with any Clusters initiatives and proposed legal response to it.
Essential Requirements
- Knowledge of French and French based law are key to this role
- Good english language level
- Good understanding of common law system
- Have a recognised Civil Law qualification through a reputable academic institution
- At least 5 years experience in a private legal practice and 3 years experience in a corporate environment
- Thorough knowledge of the workings of trade blocks
- Strong negotiation and drafting skills
Desirable requirement:
- Fully bilingual candidate with a good knowledge of common law system will be an advantage.
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